Briefly
describe the major components and requirements of No Child Left Behind. Be
sure to include the goals of the legislation that must be met by 2014 and
what might be done regarding schools.

The
testing required by the NCLB Act is used to hold schools, districts, and
states accountable for student achievement. The law requires states to set
performance standards that are used to establish annual "adequate yearly
progress" targets that ensure that all students will perform at the
"proficient" level or above by the 2013-2014 school year. Schools
that do not meet yearly goals two years in a row are placed into a
"needs improvement" category. Tutoring, expanded time for instruction
either after school or during the summer, and public school choice may be
provided to students in low-performing schools. When initially identified as
"needs improvement," schools must develop improvement plans, and
districts must provide public school choice. Schools that continue to be
identified are subject to more severe sanctions, leading finally to
restructuring and the replacement of teachers and school administrators.

2.

NCLB
is intended to include all students. Describe the special needs and/or
accommodations that are allowed under NCLB to allow that all students meet
proficiency goals.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

·A Mission Statement is an agreed upon set
of declarations concerning the purpose of an organization.

·Mission
statements vary in length and format, and although your team is welcome to
approach this task in any way they want, this primer will walk you through a
process that should produce a mission statement that will both serve the school
and simplify the accreditation process.

·To create your
Mission Statement, this primer will suggest a process that starts with 1)
brainstorming components, followed by 2) prioritizing and finalizing these components, 3) choosing a format, 4)
writing the mission statement, and ultimately gaining consensus from the school
community.

I- Brainstorming Activity – The brainstorming activity is
nothing more than the mission writers responding to the following four
questions until they exhaust favorable ideas:

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Strategic planning is the process by
which managers of the firm analyze the internal and external environments for
the purpose of formulating strategies and allocating resources to develop a
competitive advantage in an organization that allows for the successful
achievement of organizational goals.